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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDear America: Testing isn't necessary, unless you're meeting Trump. Then it's mandatory
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/5/7/1943402/-Dear-America-Testing-isn-t-necessary-unless-you-re-meeting-Trump-Then-it-s-mandatoryDear America: Testing isn't necessary, unless you're meeting Trump. Then it's mandatory
Kerry Eleveld
Daily Kos Staff
Thursday May 07, 2020 · 3:21 PM EDT
Donald Trump doesn't see the value in doing too much coronavirus testing these days. "In a way, by doing all this testing we make ourselves look bad, Trump said Wednesday. Besides, what's the point? The reopening is happening and a spike in deaths because of it "could very well be the case," as Trump put it. He's accepted death as a consequence of an economic reboot and so should America.
Except for when it comes to his personal health. Then exactly everyone who comes into contact with him simply must be tested. Asked Tuesday if he had any concerns about the health risks of traveling with an entourage of people to tour a Honeywell plant in Arizona, Trump laid out the mandatory testing regimen in exquisite detail.
Everybody traveling has been tested, he said. We have great testing. And literally, theyve been tested over the last hour. And the test result comes back in five minutes, and we have great testing. Or they wouldnt be allowed to travel with me.
Or they wouldn't be allowed to travel with me. Why? Because that would be too dangerous, naturally.
But the rest of America, they're "warriors" who don't need to be tested in Trump's estimation. Well, actually, he included himself in the warrior bit. We have to be warriors, Trump explained, for the sake of getting America back to work. We cant keep our country closed down for years. (Actually, countries doing adequate testing and tracing are proving capable of reopening their economies and societies without risking a massive spike in deaths.)
In fact, the latest White House press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, kindly explained Wednesday that the need for increased testing among most Americans heading back to work was a "myth," even though absolutely everyone around Trump must be tested for the sake of safety.
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In summation: Don't worry America, testing isn't necessary, except where it is necessary. And when real problems arise, Trumpoperating out of the safest of safe cocoonswill use the DPA to force you back to work anyway. Because you're warriors ... er, um or sacrificial lambs. Or whatever. But death is all a part of Trumps master plan, anyway. So who needs tests? The numbers will just go up. Well know plenty when people drop dead. Again, its all in the plan. Trumps got this.
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Dear America: Testing isn't necessary, unless you're meeting Trump. Then it's mandatory (Original Post)
babylonsister
May 2020
OP
crickets
(25,968 posts)1. K&R for visibility.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)2. Hypocrisy and privilege at their finest. n/t
-Laelth
LiberalBrooke
(527 posts)3. He is the king and we are the serfs so our lives don't matter.
That is what he is saying.
babylonsister
(171,059 posts)5. Exactly. Let them eat cake. nt
IllinoisBirdWatcher
(2,315 posts)4. K & R